rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Thursday, July 10, 2025 10:41:18 PM David Christensen wrote: >> On 7/10/25 04:07, songbird wrote: >> > I was able to get some SSD replacements and want to add them >> > >> > to my existing setup, >> >> Be sure to do a secure erase before you put the SSD's into service: >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Erase#Secure_erase > > Why do you recommend that? Are you assuming the SSDs songbird got are used, > or do you recommend that even for new SSDs -- if so, why? > > Thanks!
beyond that what assurances do you have that with behind the scenes managment going on of the drive that any attempts at wiping it completely are actually happening? aside from the original manufacturer hopefully not putting backdoors and ET Phone Home sorts of hooks? i pretty much have always assumed that a new disk drive when it gets a new partition table and file systems created on it will be destroyed enough. sometimes i have written random data on new disks but i have no illusion that this has been perfect as i know some people who have been able to get a lot of information from disks that have been somewhat scrubbed as long as they weren't outright destroyed and the metals recycled. songbird
